The Burlington School Board voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Jeanne Collins Tuesday night. The following morning, the board's director of finance stepped down as well, leaving it at a time where it has been plagued with budget and other financial woes.

Collins and CFO David Larcombe will resign June 30. With or without them on board, a spending plan must be passed before then, or a default budget goes in to effect.

Wednesday night parents assembled to get the word out about the $67.4 million budget. The Burlington Friends of Education made signs and set up routes to leaflet. The new budget figure is more than what failed on Town Meeting Day, but includes millions in cuts.

“The number is higher, but quite frankly the number is more accurate but the local impact is less,” said parent Shay Totten. “What we're trying to tell people is it may seem higher, but we're dealing with stuff now that was lingering for 10 years, and we're doing it in a way that's responsible without wholesale cuts across the board that could do some real damage and a 'no' vote would do real damage.”

A "no" vote would mean the default budget, with further budgets would go into effect.

“The default budget is not a default budget, it's a disaster budget,” said Flynn Elementary School Principal Graham Clarke.

While the parents pow-wowed, across town, the school board’s finance committee talked about more reductions. They need to come up with about $1 million in cuts if the new budget fails.

Possible cuts include downsizing the central office staff, asking teachers to spread out negotiated raises over several years and gutting the diversity and equity department.

“Diversity, and inclusion and equity should never ever be on the table for cuts,” said Da Verne Bell, director of diversity education and engagement.

It is ultimately up to voters as to what’s next. The spending plan goes to theballot June 3.

Voters who mailed in absentee ballots on Town Meeting Day will not automatically get absentee ballots for the budget vote.

THE BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT RAISING THE QUESTION: WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE QUEEN CITY'S SCHOOLS? GOOD EVENING... I'M GEORGE MALLET. AND I'M STEPHANIE GORIN, LAST NIGHT WE REPORTED BURLINGTON SUPERINTENDENT JEANNE COLLINS WILL STEP DOWN NEXT MONTH. TODAY -- W-P-T-Z BROKE THE NEWS THAT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCE DIRECTOR WILL ALSO LEAVE AT THE END OF JUNE. THE DISTRICT STILL NEEDS TO PASS A SPENDING PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. WPTZ'S DAVID CHARNS IS ON THE STORY TONIGHT, AND LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. DAVID? - BOXES STEPHANIE -- PARENTS ARE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT... ABOUT WHAT'S EXACTLY IN THIS 67-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. IF THIS SPENDING PLAN FAILS -- MORE CUTS WILL GO INTO EFFECT. Shay Totten Parent the buck does stop with some people -- the superintendent is one of them BURLINGTON'S FRIENDS OF EDUCATION RALLY AROUND THE NEW BUDGET GOING TO VOTERS JUNE THIRD. nat- staple WEDNESDAY NIGHT -- THEY MADE SIGNS AND SET UP ROUTES TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. THE 67-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLAR PLAN IS HIGHER THAN WHAT FAILED ON TOWN MEETING DAY... BUT INCLUDES MILLIONS IN CUTS. Shay Totten Parent the number is higher but quite frankly the number is more accurate but the local impact is less. so what we're trying to tell people is we're trying to people is like it may seem higher, but we're dealing with stuff now that was lingering for 10 years and we're doing it in a way that's responsible without wholesale cuts across the board that could do some real damage and a no vote would do real damage Graham Clarke Principal, Flynn Elementary School the default budget is not a default budget it's a disaster budget AS PARENTS ASSEMBLED -- ACROSS TOWN -- THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TALKED MORE REDUCTIONS .... WITH OUTGOING SUPERINTENDENT JEANNE COLLINS AND FINANCE DIRECTOR DAVID LARCOMBE LOOKING ON. THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH A MILLION MORE DOLLARS... IF THIS BUDGET FAILS. POSSIBLE CUTS INCLUDE DOWNSIZING THE CENTRAL OFFICE... ASKING TEACHERS TO SPREAD OUT NEGOTIATED RAISES... AND GUTTING THE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY DEPARTMENT. Da Verne Bell, Dir. Of Diversity Education and Engagement diversity and inclusion and equity should never ever be on the table for cuts ITS ULTIMATELY UP TO VOTERS TO DECIDE WHAT'S NEXT. THESE PARENTS SATY THEY'RE CONFIDENT THEY'LL BE HEARD BEFORE JUNE... AND THAT THIS SPENDING PLAN -- IS MORE ACCURATE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR KIDS. Shay Totten Parent the march budget I think as well all know know was pretty much a fiction AN IMPORTANT NOTE IF YOU VOTED BY ABSENTEE BALLOT ON TOWN MEETING DAY. BURLINGTON'S OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND TREASURER SAYS YOU WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY GET ANOTHER ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR THE JUNE THIRD ELECTION... AND YOU'LL NEED TO REQUEST ONE. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, DAVID CHARNS, WPTZ NEWSCHANNEL 5. TONIGHT

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